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Author Topic:   Did dinosaurs and man coexist?
PaulK
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Message 52 of 60 (40235)
05-15-2003 10:55 AM
Reply to: Message 47 by compmage
05-15-2003 3:32 AM


Taxonomy is being changed by the adoption of Cladistics. Under Cladism groups include all the descendants of that group - so, granting that birds are descended from dinosaurs, birds would be considered dinosaurs.

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Message 54 of 60 (40248)
05-15-2003 11:40 AM
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05-15-2003 11:16 AM


That would depend on the way the groups are drawn. The ancestors of mammals are classified as synapsids, rather than reptiles.
Introduction to the Synapsida
"These pre-mammalian groups of synapsids have at times been called "mammal-like reptiles". This term is now discouraged because although many had characteristics in common with mammals, none of them were actually reptiles"
However, "fish" seems to be a term used for the "basal vertebrates" (same site) so, on that basis humans could be classified as fish .
This site is also worth a look: Tree of Life Web Project

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